Nothing But Blackened Teeth

A USA TODAY BESTSELLER - A Bram Stoker, Shirley Jackson, British Fantasy, and World Fantasy Award Finalist! - An Indie Next Pick! - An October LibraryReads Pick! - 2022 RUSA Reading List: Horror Winner!

Cassandra Khaw's Nothing But Blackened Teeth is a gorgeously creepy haunted house tale, steeped in Japanese folklore and full of devastating twists.

A Heian-era mansion stands abandoned, its foundations resting on the bones of a bride and its walls packed with the remains of the girls sacrificed to keep her company.

It's the perfect venue for a group of thrill-seeking friends, brought back together to celebrate a wedding.

A night of food, drinks, and games quickly spirals into a nightmare as secrets get dragged out and relationships are tested.

But the house has secrets too. Lurking in the shadows is the ghost bride with a black smile and a hungry heart.

And she gets lonely down there in the dirt.

Effortlessly turning the classic haunted house story on its head, Nothing but Blackened Teeth is a sharp and devastating exploration of grief, the parasitic nature of relationships, and the consequences of our actions.

Also by Cassandra Khaw:
The Salt Grows Heavy
A Song for Quiet
Hammers on Bone
The Dead Take the A Train (co-written with Richard Kadrey)

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144 pages

Average rating: 4.75

68 RATINGS

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Community Reviews

Anonymous
Oct 30, 2023
6/10 stars
The only reason I gave this a 3 star rating was because I do like the authors writing and story telling. It also made me want to research more about Asian folklore. However, this book just seemed lacking in the scary. Maybe it is because I watched Shutter so many times? The book reminds me of that movie. It probably would have been scary had I not watched that movie.
Angela23
Aug 12, 2023
5/10 stars
Creepy, not scary. Japanese folklore was done well!
Isabell
Jul 02, 2023
2/10 stars
It wasn’t good until the very end. Hard to get through because you had to stop to look up certain words like after every sentence
aumum
Jul 01, 2023
2/10 stars
Disappointed but a fun short read
oh_let3
May 16, 2023
4/10 stars
the dialogue just didn't work for me

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